External Gas Bubble Disease

Skin bubbles or cysts can be an indication of several different ailments and can appear as gas filled vesicles or appear solid or cystic in nature. The clear, gas filled vesicles are usually diagnostic of External Gas Bubble Disease (EGBD). Cystic lesions filled with pus are called abscesses are usually due to Vibrio infections although other bacterial infections are possible. Lesions that tend to be more solid in nature include granulomatous diseases such as Norcardia and Mycobacteria. Granulomata of the skin have also been seen in parasitic infections caused by nematodes. Biopsy of solid lesions, such as these, is the best route for definitive diagnosis. Besides parasites, granulomatous disease usually does not respond to therapy and euthanasia with system sterilization is recommended. Glugea is also a fatal, contagious non-treatable disease that presents with solid lesions that are not granulomatous. It is also easily diagnosed in biopsy material. - information provided by Renee Coles-Hix

Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Gallery Administrator Size: 26 items

Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 121584	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82012	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83298	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 73894
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76755	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 76959	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 71100	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82847
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82040	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83229	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83498	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 82915
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83650	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83358	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83383	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81544
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85106	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85559	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 85205	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 92226
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 89571	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 86978	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 85784	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 83735
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81689	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 104444

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease